IZ Band
China
8:00 pm-9:00 pm,03,Oct 2011
Artists
Mamer
Zhang Dong
Nurtai
Came from XinJiang, Kazakhstan’s musician, Ma Mu Er and his IZ Band is a name with legend in Chinese independent music field. Without lots of promotions, they still always have lots of fans. They even haven’t published a formal album in mainland, but the album named <Eagle>published by Real World Company in Britain made them famous all over the world.
Last century at nineties, his music was influenced by Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, but his low and deep voice and electric guitar show which is filled fully with underground smell made himself an unique style. In 2002, Ma Mu Er built his IZ band in Beijing. IZ in Kazakhstan means footprint, and it stands for the band would chase after the footprint of Kazakhstan’s folk musicians.
He still lives in Wulumuqi and often comes back to the grassland and pasture land, belonging to Kazakhstan, to calm himself down. He said, only being here, he could continue to create his own voice.
